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When was the world's first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?


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The Epson HX-20 also recognised as the HC-20 was the first laptop computer.

Features of Epson HX-20

Listed below are the features of Epson HX-20

  • Epson HX-20 was invented in July 1980 by Yukio Yokozawa.
  • Yukio Yokozawa worked for Suwa Seikosha, a branch of Japanese company Seiko (now Seiko Epson), securing a patent for the invention.
  • It was declared in 1981 as the HC-20 in Japan and was founded by Epson in North America as the HX-20 in 1981, at the COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas, where it attracted notable attention for its portability.

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